I have never been a lover of controversy; but when truth is concerned, I am not afraid to speak out.
Smallpox vaccine
I have never been a lover of controversy; but when truth is concerned, I am not afraid to speak out.
Smallpox vaccine
Letter, during debates about vaccination
c. 1800
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